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'''This was part of the [[Events at Lucknow]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Summary ==
Following the success at Secundra Bagh and La Martiniere Colin Campbell's force pressed on and reached the Residency compound. It was decided to abandon the city and the evacuation began on 19 November. James Outram with 4,000 men was left to hold the Alambagh and Campbell reached Cawnpore on 27 November.
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]The British Empire website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lucknow#Second_relief Wikipedia - Second Relief of Lucknow]Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucknow Wikipedia - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh] Wikipedia
== Recommended Reading ==
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
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